> [Gisle.Salensminde]
> 
> This option is quite cool, as it can write the numbers as text, the problem 
> is 
> that i think it get it slightly wrong.
> 
> * (format t "~R" 750)
> seven hundred fifty
> NIL
> 
> Shouldn't that be "seven hundred and fifty"?
>                                   ^^^

For what it's worth, the proper style for writing dollar amounts on
checks in the US is (e.g.)

      Seven hundred fifty and 67/100 dollars

The "and" is used as a decimal point, and is not supposed to appear
anywhere else.

-- 

                                         -- Drew McDermott
                                            Yale University
                                            Computer Science Department


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